Clencher-rim.



H. KROEMER.

CLENCHER RIM.

APPLICATKON FILED MAR. 9, Ian.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

ATTORJVEJ 2;;the two rimsectio'ns will 1 ngle; clencher :rhn differennince jn neg-wise:fromiitlie-eonxe cilgc 'enelierl rim well known -.i n

nnrrowmg, ofthe. fixed section= 2 e elen'chertirhn,opposite the htinclf 1 thereof beingine clinn'tion of the -top-wull on groove. r. v The to'ejiieees i4 ti t-he inner etl'gze 'of the clenc'her "recess n Qinh'dnihen the'toe plieeesfhave fiill teredqtheir respectiverecesses r (the islos-Ztieingjof snttieient length to 1 e rinit"of l to that encl),the-entls of lI -the eetion -;\\i l leom'e together proper] eisseihbltl m cleniihing tho =ret' \\'een 'fthein (Fig, $ucured' to led on the 'septio'n ZQat n point oppo n'hig 5 \'hleh ,-'\\'iththouslenehe: riin sectionst'ntor ion-2 -\\henvone e property e ion' flfl provide the sec-- -1tle of th(;. |fi|g 5,".with-n jcirnllj elnngutethslot t nit-i tone 1 ith nn f'ul ining on registerde r ltgihle trench, o :kthet'treen -theshend .of not only swinging the latch into-the slot t, tibntjoicing the sitle f'thela'tch against oneotthe side ells of the slot ..so that n firm locking elt'eet is the result.

'lhe opertttion will be ob ions from the forego ng description nnchbrletLv stnteths us jollmtgzf-By turning the 'loekinglutch flout oi its slot t, t, or T-to the dotted position shown n Fig. 0, the section it"is released nnd ,niuybeipnlletl nndswung outwardly froln its locked position shown in Fig. 4 to the tinloeloed nncl detnchedposition shownin ti 5.. This-permits-the tire O to he slipped 05f theril'n ins clearly obvious from th'e'drnwings. .IR. swjn ing the hinged seetion'Q- to the position-in icnteil in Fig. 5,-the-p'1n's 3 are brought to the inner ends of the slots It of the toerpieces 4, the latter freely playing in the recesses 1' forin'cd'bythe otfsets aof the bnn dll. In-this-positio'n' too, the section 2'frests;-o n'the shoulders :2, and is prevented from dropping altogether by the pins 3-engagingith'e inner terminals of the slots h. By making the section 2' of n c'irclmferentinl dimension in excess of one hundred llllt.i (llili. degrres, it facilitates 'the mounting nnclremoval of the tire C. \Vhen the section ls wnng to closed position the tongue or h1g enters the recess 1" formed in the 01fset a of the hnnd l (Fig. 9), being eontinctl l'ietween the section li lllltl the band 1 and preventing nu) possilile displacement of thesection 2' in the'plnn'e of rotation of-the wheel. -The latches 8 on the other hand pre' vent .nnynnguhn- (hsplnjeement of the section 7:) (that isto sa v an outer swinging thereof) nntl the inclined recesses'or slots 1' m1 pins :tpreynt nny displacement; at the hinge or tions of the hinged section of the rinn hen thelnteh tl is swung 0 mi 'itlis received inn ",pocket minthe felly';( ig, 6). In mounting the tire. the reverse of the o mrnt ibns defany wise affecting the nature. or spirit of my invention.

'seribedis' necessarily resorted to as obvious Having described my invention what v claim is: v

I In conibinntion with :1 wheel fell y n; bemi I flush with the periphery of the'fellynndex the mirrow'und wide portions of said section,

tending: only mrtinll n. \eross the .width of i the band thereb} formingshouldersbetween I "a 'ln'ovnble eleneher rlm section extending I v across the portion of tlnbnnll left ncow emd v 5 1 thefifed seetionyslottetlt'oe pieces ter- 'i minating the movable clenchez rim section, the band aforesaid being provided with offsets forming grooves adjacent the shoulders aforesaid for the reception of the toe pieces,

I securing pins traversing the slots of the toe pleces, and means for iOCklIlQ the movable clencher I'llTl section to the felly.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses HERMAN KROEMER.

Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, i Jos. A. MIGHEL 

